ISSN:
1572-8943
Keywords:
DSC
;
γ-irradiation
;
laser Raman
;
microelectrophoresis
;
XRD
;
zeta-potential
;
zirconium hydroxide
;
ZrO2
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Abstract Zirconium hydroxide particles produced by rapid precipitation at pH 10.4, 7 or 2 were subjected toγ-irradiation up to a final dose of 20 MGy. The effects of the γ-irradiation were examined by X-ray powder diffraction, laser Raman spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry and microelectrophoretic measurements. It was found that γ-irradiation had no influence on the behaviour of zirconium hydroxide during calcination and subsequent cooling. The results of microelectrophoretic measurements showed that γ-irradiation influences the surface properties of zirconium hydroxide as a function of the precipitation pH. Zirconium hydroxide precipitated at pH 2 proved to be the most susceptible to γ-irradiation, while the sameγ-irradiation had very little (if any) effect on the surface properties of zirconium hydroxide precipitated at pH 10.5. After γ-irradiation, the electrophoretic mobility of zirconium hydroxide precipitated at pH 2 was increased at both low and high pH, thereby indicating an increase in its adsorption capacity. The analogy observed between the pH-dependence of the effects of γ-irradiation on the electrokinetic behaviour of zirconium hydroxide and the influence of ball-milling on the thermal behaviour of zirconium hydroxide [8] suggested that the susceptibility of amorphous zirconium hydroxide increases with decrease of the precipitation pH.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1010166123511
